Toilets are more important

My colleague had a most extraordinary revelation today.

The Silly Woman was going through our consultant's report on museum space planning, and was absolutely horrified to discover that Toilets in a museum take up about 5-7% of the total GFA (Gross Floor Area), whereas Education only takes up between 1-3%! How audacious! How can the Peeing (or the act of excretion) be more important than EDUCATION??!?!?

*hahahaa*

She subsequently realised that you'd notice if Toilets are insufficient in a building, but not so (much) if Education was missing. *chuckle*

We then went into a long useless ramble about how to make people visit the toilets more, since they do take up a lot space, eg. turn the airconditioning to artic cold conditions, have booze laid out at every turn of the museum, have the toilets as art, etc. =P

I'm in severe denial - 'coz its my turn to read the 291-page report. *arck*